By Stephen Beck

Ok, so you want to write a best-selling e-book in 1 month. First, you need to decide - are you an expert or a reporter?

Acting as a reporter can help you tackle your e-book project. Reporters are not experts, but they are expert at finding information. As a reporter, you must first find experts who can help you write an e-book on, for example, Top Ten Money-Saving Wedding Tips.

Next you’re going to interview some experts. We’re going to add some bulk to this book, some expertise to this book. Do you think the local florist has some ideas on saving money on flower arrangements for a wedding? Do you think she would mind being interviewed for an e-book about saving money on weddings? Well, of course not, especially when you put her contact info in the e-book.

Don’t just interview your florist. Look for other contacts, other vendors who could help you. Wedding planners know how to get the right look for less; pastors can offer tips to couples who want to write their own vows. Collect information, and offer something meaty for your clients to read!

I prefer to record interviews so I have a record of what was said. Use decent equipment that makes CD-quality sound. You can always convert the recordings to different file formats once they are in your computer.

If you want to interview someone, you can just get one of those Y jacks at Wal-Mart and two lapel mikes. Set that up in the corner between you and you have really good quality sound. I’ve done this a million times. I interview people a lot. You can even do this over the phone as you want to.

I can hear you now - “Why do I need to record interviews?”

Those recordings can give you valuable information for your e-book. Transcribe the interview, or hire someone to transcribe it for you. These recordings can also be used as a bonus to encourage sales of your e-book.

Using recordings, you can write your e-book in 1 month. These recorded interviews will practically write the book for you!

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Stephen Beck shows you how to write a best selling ebook in 1 month and develop a “cash on demand” business business. Marketing information products has never been so simple when you view Steve’s video.

By Steve Beck

Information products are one of the hottest selling items on the Internet. And for good reason. Where else can you get timely, relevant information that is exactly what you want…even at 2 am in the morning?

The problem with information in books at the bookstore is that many times it is not specific enough. I don’t want to know everything there is to know about audio engineering, I just want to know how to record a talk, edit it and burn it to a CD to sell on my web site. Try finding that at your local Barnes and Noble! But it is relatively easy to find an ebook about that topic on the Internet. Even better, a video!

Information on the internet is more current than print information. Once a book is written, it takes about one year to edit a book, send it to the publisher, print it, and get it onto store shelves. In that time, a lot of information may become outdated. By contrast, e-books are up-to-date, containing cutting-edge information. E-books are easy to update electronically, so it’s easy to keep them current.

Information products help to boost my internet sales, and they can help you, too. Information products include e-books, videos, and special reports. But they also include things like tele-seminars. Membership sites and subscriptions to paid newsletters are great ways to make the most of information technology.

Are you ready to create your own information product? Great! Let’s get started.

Ask your prospective customers what they want.

This is the most important step in the process. Without a clear idea of what your customers want, you will miss valuable opportunities to meet their needs. Don’t make any assumptions. You are an expert; you’re customer is not. Therefore, they will have different needs, different questions, than you will have.

You will be looking for ways to capture the names and email addresses of clients. Why not add a field that lets them ask you questions? Trust me, after you collect 100 email subscribers, you will know exactly what they need! That information will help you provide a great product, and will also help you write a killer sales letter aimed right at your target audience.

Join us for Part II, where I give you five hot tips to generate incredibly profitable information products.

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By Jimmy Torres

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